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Judge blocks Florida governor’s order banning mask mandates

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - School districts in Florida may impose mask mandates, a judge said Friday, ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority by issuing an executive order banning th...

Aug 27, 2021

15 more pupils freed in Nigeria after release of 90 others

MINNA, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen have released 15 students abducted from their school in Nigeria's north, police said Friday. It was the second group of students freed by their kidnappers in the West Afri...

Aug 27, 2021

Evacuation flights resume in Kabul after deadly bombings

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Evacuation flights from Afghanistan have resumed with new urgency a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover. Th...

Aug 26, 2021

Texas GOP advances voting bill after Democrats’ holdout ends

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Republicans advanced new voting restrictions Thursday night after months of protests by Democrats, who after returning from a 38-day walkout are now all but out of ways to s...

Aug 26, 2021

Supreme Court allows evictions to resume during pandemic

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in p...

Aug 26, 2021

US closing troubled NYC jail where Epstein killed himself

NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. government said Thursday it is shutting down an embattled federal jail in New York City after a slew of problems that came to light following disgraced financier Jeffrey Epste...

Aug 26, 2021

US proceeding with Kabul pullout despite deadly ISIS attacks

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden is pressing ahead with the evacuation of Americans and others from Afghanistan after attacks that killed at least 12 U.S. servicemembers and dashed hopes of endin...

Aug 26, 2021

Israeli PM and Biden postpone meeting because of Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett have postponed their White House meeting as Biden focused his attention on dealing with the aftermath of deadly explosi...

Aug 26, 2021

Mayor: 2 dead, 1 hurt in shooting near Illinois courthouse

KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - Two people were killed and another was injured Thursday morning in a shooting near the courthouse in the small northern Illinois city of Kankakee, the mayor said. Mayor Christoph...

Aug 26, 2021

Capitol Police officers sue Trump, allies over insurrection

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot filed a lawsuit Thursday against former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right ...

Aug 26, 2021